Sustainable Development of Peri-urban Agriculture

in South-East Asia Project
(Kingdom of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam RS)

 GENERAL INFORMATION

The existing faculty was established in 1967 as a training unit of the College of Animal Sciences, National Agriculture Center. In 1974, it was developed into one of the faculties of Agriculture University. In 1996, it was officially named as the Faculty of Fisheries (FoF) under the Nong Lam University (NLU) in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Faculty of Fisheries was set up to train B.Sc students with three major disciplines in the field of fisheries, namely aquaculture, aquatic resource management and aquatic product processing. The main subjects of aquaculture, aquatic resource management and aquatic product processing were brought for the integrated approach in fisheries education. Since 1999, the M.Sc Programme of Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management has been set up in the Faculty of Fisheries.

Apart from training human resources in the field of fisheries, FoF has also carried out research and extension services for state and private sectors in southeast provinces of Southern Vietnam. There are three primary functions of the Faculty, namely teaching, research and extension to meet regional needs for fisheries development.

To enhance teaching and research capabilities and to improve staff capabilities, the Faculty has established academic linkages with foreign universities, institutions and NGOs such as AIT (Thailand) in the field of aquaculture and curriculum development; CIRAD & ORSTOM (France) in the field of exchange of research and staff members; Auburn University (USA) in the field of information exchange and AREC & Antenna Technology (Switzerland) in the field of extension program.

ACADEMIC STAFF

Department of Fisheries Biology

The academic staff of the Department includes six lecturers and two lab supervisors. The Department has one Ph.D and five M.Sc and the others are B.Sc holders in the fields of Aquatic Ecology, Aquatic Botany, Ichthyology, Aquatic Zoology and Water Quality for Aquaculture.

Department of Freshwater Aquaculture

 The academic staff of the Department includes seven lecturers. One of them is Ph.D holder, five are M.Sc holders and one is B.Sc holder in the fields of Freshwater Fish Culture, Fish & Shrimp Nutrition, Feed & Feeding for Fish and Shrimp, Fish and Crustacean Physiology, Fish and Shrimp Diseases, Fish Breeding and Fish Genetics & Selection

Department of Coastal Aquaculture

The academic staff of the Department includes six lecturers. All of them are M.Sc holders in the fields Fishing Technology, Aquatic Resources Management, Aquatic Specific Organisms Culture, Crustacean Culture, Mollusks Culture and Brackishwater Fish Culture.

Department of Aquatic Product Processing

The academic staff of the Department includes five lecturers. One of them is Ph.D holder, two are M.Sc holders in the fields Post Harvest Preservation and Aquatic Product Processing.

RESEARCH AREAS

The Faculty is actively conducting the following research projects under three thrust areas namely, Aquaculture, Aquatic Resources Conservation and Management, and Processing of Aquatic Products:

1.   Management and conservation of aquatic resources in reservoirs;
2.   Developing integrated aquaculture systems;
3.   Developing coastal aquaculture systems subject to conservation of mangrove ecosystems;
4.   Sewage reuse and waste management for aquaculture development;
5.   Aquaculture extension services integrated in rural development;
6.   Aquatic product preservation and processing; and
7.   Utilization of by-products from fish processing factories as  supplemented feed for aquaculture and animal husbandry.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Le Thanh Hung
Dean
Department of Freshwater Aquaculture
HCMC University of Agriculture and Fisheries
Thu Duc, HCMC,
Vietnam.
Tel: (844) 8.961473/ 8.963343
Fax: (844) 8.960713
Email: lthungts@hcm.vnn.vn

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